Behaviour of polyester grafts in adult patients with repaired coarctation of the aorta

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1136-1141

  Troost, Els ^a   Gewillig, Marc ^a   Daenen, Willem ^a   Meyns, Bart ^a   Bogaert, Jan ^a   Van Deyk, Kristien ^a   Budts, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coarctation aorta; Congenital heart disease; Dacron; False aneurysm; Interpostion graft

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLYESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON IMPLANT; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; ENDARTERITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT ANEURYSM; GRAFT DILATATION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DILATATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949084251     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp054     Document Type: Article

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